Beyond the New Morality: Responsibilities of Freedom - Hardcover

Grisez, Germain; Shaw, Russell

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9780268005337: Beyond the New Morality: Responsibilities of Freedom

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ISBN 10: 0268005338 ISBN 13: 9780268005337

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 1974

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First published in 1974, with a second, revised edition in 1980, Beyond the New Morality has been used widely in introductory ethics courses at the undergraduate level. The book appeals to those who want something not overburdened with theory, and presented in a contemporary idiom. In this third edition of the now standard classroom text, Grisez and Shaw retain the best elements of the earlier versions, including their clear, straightforward presentation and use of nontechnical language. Although the basic approach, content, and organization remain substantially the same, the new edition does develop and amend some aspects of the theory. For example, the community dimension of morality is brought out more clearly and the first principle of morality is now formulated more accurately in terms of willing in line with integral human fulfillment.

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"The authors are critical of recent directions in ethics that have departed from the natural law tradition and its emphasis on absolute moral values. Their restatement of the chief positions of traditional ethics is well reasoned and clearly presented." "--Religious Resources"

"Grisez is a highly regarded Catholic moral philosopher. Shaw has a similar reputation as a Catholic writer and public affairs expert. The authors deftly and firmly refute all systems such as consequentialism, proportionalism, and situationalism which imply that moral truths aren't meant to teach man how to behave. . . . This text has many merits." "--National Catholic Register"

The authors are critical of recent directions in ethics that have departed from the natural law tradition and its emphasis on absolute moral values. Their restatement of the chief positions of traditional ethics is well reasoned and clearly presented. "Religious Resources""

Grisez is a highly regarded Catholic moral philosopher. Shaw has a similar reputation as a Catholic writer and public affairs expert. The authors deftly and firmly refute all systems such as consequentialism, proportionalism, and situationalism which imply that moral truths aren t meant to teach man how to behave. . . . This text has many merits. "National Catholic Register""

About the Author:

Germain Grisez is Bishop Harry J. Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics at Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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